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paigeoliver

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A couple of quick reviews.
« on: March 31, 2004, 01:52:37 pm »
I recieved the Oscar "Vortex" spinner with machined aluminun knob today. I had ordered ot for a customer.

All I have to say about it is WOW! I am massively fighting the urge to keep that Spinner and try to pass off my old Tac/Scan spinner to my customer. Of course I won't actually do that, but I REALLY want to.

If you order one of these then you WILL be happy with it.

I was also very happy with my recently received upgrade kit for Betson/Imperial 3" PS2 trackballs. Groovygamegear.com sells this item. What it is, is a new set of encoder discs for the trackball that have about 100 vanes on them, compared to the 24 on the stock set. After I installed those on my trackball I found it to be much more responsive, and I found that Crystal Castles finally had the same feel on the PC as it did on my dedicated cabinet.
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Re:A couple of quick reviews.
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2004, 02:11:37 pm »
I also have to second the Vortex.  I finally got to hook it all up last night and get to play with the spinner.

Although I noticed in Windows, if you spin to the right, the cursor goes left, and vice versa, is this normal, or have I reversed the wires?


But back to the Spinner, it plays very well.  I love it.
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Re:A couple of quick reviews.
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2004, 02:24:24 pm »
You probably have the wires reversed.
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Re:A couple of quick reviews.
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2004, 02:39:48 pm »
Dammm I ordered a set of Randy's incoder wheels for my ebay trackball. Which I totally rebuilt with new rollers and bearings and ball. But the optics are dead so I am unable to test them. But I have to say the wheels have some fine craftsmanship to them. Not to offend anyone they have some fine "craftspersonship" to them.
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Re:A couple of quick reviews.
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2004, 06:59:39 pm »
Quote from: JamesS on March 31, 2004, 02:11:37 pm
I also have to second the Vortex.  I finally got to hook it all up last night and get to play with the spinner.

Although I noticed in Windows, if you spin to the right, the cursor goes left, and vice versa, is this normal, or have I reversed the wires?


But back to the Spinner, it plays very well.  I love it.


If you are using one of the USB interfaces for the spinner, unplug the 3-wire plug from the header, rotate it 180deg, and plug it back in to correct the direction.  If you are using an Opti-PAC, then just reverse the X1 & X2 wire connections.  And if you are using your own mouse hack, reverse the S1 & S2 wires going to the optic board.


BTW - Thanks for the comments on the Vortex, Paige & James!  I'm glad you guys are happy with them.  :)


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